![]() ![]() There’s one beach I love that has the most beautiful expanse of sand at low tide, so of course it’s my favourite beach for photography. We don’t have many sandy beaches here in the UK as most of them are covered in pebbles. I had a golden hour beach shoot scheduled.Īs beaches are so exposed, with nowhere to escape the overhead sun, golden hour is ideal for a shoot at the beach. I’ll do a bit of a show and tell to explain why golden hour light is so great… Here’s a great little golden hour calculator for calculating the golden hour anywhere in the world: What makes golden hour photography so amazing? Luckily, some clever folks have developed an app for that. When you’re travelling, it’s not easy and you could miss out on some great golden hour photography opportunities if you don’t know when it is. You just need to pay attention to the light for a few days and you can more or less figure out when’s golden hour. ![]() ![]() It’s easy to get to know when is golden hour where you live. To avoid confusion, take it as read that when I talk about evening golden hour light at the end of the day, I’m also referring to early morning golden hour light. GOLDEN HOUR TIME PHOTOGRAPHY PLUSOn the plus side, the smudgy light is kind on wrinkles in photographs, because when it’s overcast it’s like having a great big softbox in the sky to diffuse the harsh, direct light of the sun.Įven though a spectacular sunset may be a rarer feature in the UK, the light at the end of the day is nevertheless consistently better than at any other time of day. Except for in the golden hour when it comes alive. The light is often grey, pale and not particularly interesting, especially in winter. All the while the colors change and offer up a huge scope of opportunities for gorgeous images.Īlso, here in the UK the light is quite often just smudgy. Here it takes hours for the sun to slowly slip below the horizon. Whilst Africa offers a spectacular showdown at the end of most days, it’s over in the blink of an eye in comparison to the UK. The big advantage of living further away from the equator is looooong sunsets. The duration of golden hour varies in different parts of the world.
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